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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Tony Greig (1946-2012): Tributes To A Great Cricketer!

We knew him
those days only through the radio commentaries whenever India happened to play England. We are
talking of the early seventies when television coverage was restricted to
mostly New Delhi
cricket Tests and there no possibility of any national telecast as there was no
terrestrial network through satellites. Cricket came live to our homes only
after 1982. Therefore we knew little about his towering 6.6 feet all-round
field presence and much lesser about his utterances, antics and entertainment
on the field. But even through radio commentaries he made his presence felt particularly
in 1974 when England
defeated India 3-0 in England with India
getting shot out for 42 in the second innings of the Lords Test, and then again
during 1976-77 England tour
of India known as the John
Lever ‘Vaseline’ Series when India
lost again 3-1.As a great cricketer he
remained etched in our mind since then and his popularity later as a
commentator, when we actually started seeing him, only realized his image for
us.

Anthony William‘Tony’ Greig was South
Africa born and got adopted for the English
national cricket team through his Scottish parentage. He played for England from 1972 to 1977 and captained England from
1975 to 1977. In his brief English career he played 58 Tests (14 as Captain)
scoring 3599 runs at an average of 40.4 with eight centuries. As a bowler who
could bowl both medium pace and off spin Tony Greig captured 141 wickets with 6
five-wicket hauls. Since the one-day cricket World Cup was started only in 1975
he played just 22 one day internationals with 269 runs and 19 wickets.

Tony Greig and
controversy was made for each other. His utterances and antics created big
controversies, but he never failed to entertain the spectators. He was one of
the most popular international cricketers on the Indian cricket fields and
later the most deft, excitable and delightful commentator. His biggest
controversy came when he helped Kerry Packer make the breakaway World Series
Cricket and lost his captaincy and place in the English team. Tony Greig became
an English cricket commentator based in Australia then onwards.

Tony Greig died
in Sydney
yesterday following a heart attack. Only two months back he was diagnosed with
lung cancer and the great cricketer knew his end was near. But the fighter
never gave up his spirit, vitality and jovial nature. He left behind the burden
of sorrow and irreparable loss on his fans and fellow cricketers.

Our tributes to
the great cricketer, the expert commentator and the born entertainer.

Baby Falak, the bruised and brutalized 2-year-old girl, finally decided to say goodbye to this cruel world (India) and departed for a better world. The poor child died on her third cardiac arrest on Thursday (March 15, 2012) at the same Delhi hospital she was admitted to though she had been improving well over the past few days. Doctors attending for nearly two months were planning to discharge her soon, but they were not sure of her brain functioning.

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Amulya Kumar Chakravarty

Noted Writer-Translator-Administrator of Assam 1928-1991

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Trust Award

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty was a writer and a celebrated translator of world epics. He translated Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad and Virgil’s Aenid into Assamese. These books were published in the seventies and eighties in Assam, India; and even now are bestsellers going into multiple editions. Doubled with a flowing original language and strict authenticity these translated epics are hailed in Assam as trend setting translations.

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty had a hard life. Being a farmer’s son he went to the nearby town for studies and after graduation set off for Calcutta (now Kolkata) for post graduation in English. His ambition was to become a college teacher so that he could devote his life to education and writings. But due to economic hardships he had to come back half way and was forced to join Assam Civil Service of which he could not ever come out. He also contracted diabetes after forty years of age. Uprightness, honesty and efficiency ruling his career he always struggled for economic stability. He never had enough money and always took pride in telling that his only investments in life had been on his four children's education. Burning a lot of midnight oil, literally, and waging a constant war against mosquitoes he continued his writing activities and apart from the three translated epics he also wrote numerous short stories and a half completed novel. His exemplary honesty remains a source of inspiration for his admirers in today's environment of rampant corruption.

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty passed away in 1991. His family and local literary bodies in Guwahati formed a memorial Trust in 2002 and decided to institute an Award for excellent literary translations in Assamese on a biennial basis. The first Award consisting of cash prize and certificate was given in 2003 to one of the nominated books. This gave a tremendous boost to promote genuine translation works in Assam.

The Trust has announced the Award for 2011 to eminent author Dr. Prafulla Kataky for his outstanding contribution to Assamese literary translation work.

The Award was presented at an august function held on October 09, 2011 at Veterinary College Auditorium, Guwahati.

For 2013 the Sixth Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Translation Literature Award was presented to Author-Translator Bipul Deuri at a dignified ceremony held on 6th October, the 22nd Death Anniversary of Amulya Kumar Chakravarty, at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati. The Award was handed over by Imran Shah, President of Assam Sahitya Sabha. A Painting Competition for Children was organized by Shrutinaad earlier on the day as a part of the event.

The Seventh Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Translation Literature Award has been presented to Dhrubajyoti Borthakur for Assamese translation of Hermann Hesse's book 'Siddhartha'. The award was ceremonially handed over by the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha, Dr Dhrubajyoti Bora on 4th October, 2015 at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati

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RAGINI CHAKRAVARTY

Music and More>>>

Ragini Chakravarty is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the famed Kirana gharana and a disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. Prabha Atre. Ragini has been performing all over India with her classical recitals, light compositions and sangeet se sangeet tak concerts. She can be consulted here for program details.Under the banner of Shrutinaad Ragini also conducts regular classes on vocal music.Ragini's second audio album 'Bhoyai Oi...Kahani Ahiba Ghuri' (O' My Beloved...When Are You Coming Back Home!) was released at Guwahati on 4th January by renowned writer-author Lakshminandan Bora. This album consists of ten immortal Assamese songs of poet-composer-author-freedom fighter Kamalananda Bhattacharyya. Beauty of words and melody make these numbers irresistible.

Contact: info.shrutinaad@gmail.com

Ragini's Album 'Bhoyai Oi...'

'My Grandfather's Songs'. Ragini's First Album of Immortal Songs of Kamalananda Bhattacharyya

Ram Kahiye!

Ram Kahiye!

Ragini at Jaipur, March 2, 2011

43rd Mahashivratri Bhavya Sangeet Samaroh, 2011.

Geet Se Sangeet Tak...A Musical Journey

Ragini performing at Karnataka Sangha, Mumbai, Jan 30, 2011

Tributes to Poet Composer Kamalananda Bhattachayya

It was on this day of 4th January, 1951 that the State of Assam lost a great son , a poet, composer, lyricist, playwright and freedom fighter, Kamalananda Bhattacharyya who had composed over 200 songs in Assamese apart from a vast array of other writings. We offer our tributes to this great personality whose treasure-house of pristine music continues to inspire us and all music lovers of Assam.